Vehicle-spring.



VL F. WELCH.

VEHICLE SPRING.

APPLICATION HLEDMAR.27.1916.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J an. 30, i 9i?.

Application led March 27, 1916. Serial No. 86,916.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that l, JAMES F. lNnnori, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cotati, in the county of Sonoma and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Vehicle-Springs, of which the following is a speciiication.

This invention relates to vehicle springs and their connection with the running gear.

One of the objects of the present invention is to provide a simple, substantial form of vehicle spring which is cheap to manufacture and easily applied, and so arranged as to take up and distribute the shocks incident to travel, in such a manner and to such an extent that the body of the vehicle will remain level and otherwise practically undisturbed by shocks.

Another object of the invention is to provide a spring mounting which is so arranged that cushioning effect is obtained on the upward as well as the downward movement of the vehicle body, thereby entirely preventing the catapulting edect to which most spring mountings are subjected.

Further objects will hereinafter appear.

The invention consists of the parts and the construction and combination of parts, as hereinafter more fully described and claimed, having reference to the accompanying drawings, in whichy Figure l is a side elevation of the spring mounting, showing its application to a vehicle. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the spring. i

Referring to the drawings in detail, A indicates a' portion of a vehicle body; 2 a wheel and 3 the axle. Suitably secured to the axle as bybolts is a bbw-shaped rigid bracket member 4, the outer ends of which are slightly extended as at 5 and provided with a serrated surface 6. The bracket 4 is centrally positioned to produce an even spacing between the outer ends and the center of the axle 3. Mounted on each extension 5 of the bracket is an eye-plate 7, the lower surface of which is serrated to register with the serrations 6 previously described. Each eye-plate is slotted as at 8 to permit a clamping bolt 9 to pass therethrough, it thus becomes possible to move the eye-plate in or out to rigidly secure same'when adjusted, thus providing a means wherebythe tension of the coil-spring indicated at 10 may be adjusted. The present structure shows the provision of two coilsrings, the outer ends of the springs are suita ly secured to the eye-plates and the inner ends are similarly secured to a plate l1 to which is bolted a bracket l2 to form a rigid connection with the vehicle frame A. The eye bores in said plates extend horizontally and form bearings and pivot connections ttor the horizontal ends of the springs so that when the springs are extended or compressed under the iniuence of the up and down movement of the body A, the ends of thel springs oscillate .in said eye-bores. Nuts screw on to the extremities of the spring ends against the eyes of the eye-plates and hold the ends of the springs in the eye-bearings. The

weight or' the vehicle body will in this manner be exerted equally between the' springs 10, in this manner permitting a cushioning effect not possible to secure by the usual spring mountings now employed. rihe cushioning effect is not only more yieldable and capable of absorbing shocks produced. by unevennessin the road bed, but is equally operable to resist movement of the Yvehicle body either in an upward or downward dii.

rection. Any shock absorber can thus be eliminated and a catapulting tendency is reduced to a minimum'.

A spring mounting constructed as here shown has been found to be so flexible and sensitive to shock that an ordinary steel tire wheel may beemployed, when desired without producing any noticeable effect as far as easy riding of the vehicle body is concerned.

The device as a whole is soconstructed that it may be applied to any standard type of vehicle whether auto or otherwise without making any radical changes in their con struction and also without additional cos. '5""" The materials and finish of the several pari-f.: of the device may otherwise be such asthe judgment and experience of the manufacturer may dictate.

l wish it understood that various changes in form, proportions and minor details of construction may be resorted to' within the scope of the appended claims and that .l do not wish to limit myself to the speciic design and construction here shown.

Having thus described my invention, what l claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is- 1. In a vehicle spring, a rigid bracket member adapted to be centrally secured to the vehicle axle, a pair of coil-springs having their outer ends secured to the bracket Cil sa tiene ends, a centrally disposed plate connecting the inner ends of the springs, and means 'for securing the vehicle body to said plate.

2. a. -vehicle spring, a botvehaped rigid bracket member adapted to be centrally secured to the vehicle axle, an adjustable eyeplate secured one on each bracket end, a pair of coilsjjsrings having their outer ends secured one to each eyoplate, a centrally disposed plate connecting the inne:` ends of tbe springs, and means for securing 'tbe vehicle body to said plate.

3, ln a vehicle spring, a bracket member adapted to be centrally secured to the vehicle axle, an extension on eacli end of the bracket having a serrated surface, a slottedeye-plate on each bracket'end extension having` a serrated surface adapted to interlock with serrated bracket end extensions, means for securing the serrated members against lateral and endwise movement, a lpair of coil-springs having their outer ends secured one to each eye-plate, a centrally disposed plate connecting the inner ends of the springs, and means for securing the vehicle body to said plate.

d. y ln a vehicle spring, a bow-shaped rigid bracket, means for securing said bracket to the vehicle axle in an upwardly bowed position, a pair oi coiled springs having their outer ends secured to the bracket ends, and means for securing the inner ends oi't said springs to the vehicle body.

5 ln a vehicle spring, a bow-shaped rigid bracket, means for securing said bracket to the vehicle axle in an upwardly bowed position, a pair of coiled springs having their outer ends secured to the bracket ends, a plate connecting the inner ends of said springs, a bracket depending from the vehicle frame, and means for securing said depending bracket to said plate.

6. ln a vehicle spring, a rigid bracket adapted to be secured to the vehicle axle, a

bracket secured to the vehicle body, and a pair of coil springs connected at their respective ends to said respective brackets and adapted normally to rest in a substantially horizontal position While sustaining thev load of the yehicle.

7. ln a vehicle spring, a rigid bracket se-y cured to the vehicle axle, a pair of coil springs secured at their outer ends to the ends or", said bracket, and means for securingl the inner ends of said springs to the yehiclev body in ymy hand in the ,sieges suoli position that said springs Will normally rest in a substantially horizontal position While sustaining the load of the vehicle.

d in a vehicle spring, a rigid bracket adapted to be secured to the vehicle axle, a bracket secured to the vehicle body, and a pair of coil springs connected at their respecti ve ends to said respective brackets and adapted normally to rest in a substantially horizontal position while sustaining the load of the vehicle, and means for adjustingthe tension of said springs.

9. ln a vehicle spring, a rigid bracket adapted to be secured to the vehicle azrlea bracket secured to the vehicle body, and a pair of coil springs connected at their respective ends to said respective brackets and adapted normally to rest in a substantially horizontal position While sustaining the load of the vehicle, said vehicle body being sustained and controlled exclusively by said coiled springs.

l0. ln a device of the character as disclosed, a rigid bracket member detachably secured in position on the vebicle axle, a pz ir of coil springs having their outer end-f; secured to the bracket ends, a centrally disposed plate connecting the inner ends of the springs, and means for detachably securing the vehicle body to said plate. i

il. ln a device of the character as dis closed, a bracket member mounted on the vehicle axle, eye-bearings o-n said brackets, an eye bearing to which the body of the ve liicle is secured, thebores of said eye-bean ings extending horizontally, springs, the ends of Which extend horizontally through said bearings.

l2, In a device of the character as closed, a bracket member mounted on vehicle axle, eyebearings on said brackets, an eye bearing to which the body of the vehicle is secured, the bores of said eye-bearings extending horizontally, springs, the ends or which extend horizontally through said bearings, and nuts on said ends of said springs engaging the `eye-bearings- .ln testimony whereof l have hereunto set presence of two subscribing witnesses..

.ninas r. Wenen. 

